The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection, service connection for hypertension, and special monthly compensation based on need for regular aid and attendance or housebound status due to disability. The reasons given were that there was no legal entitlement to an earlier effective date, the veteran did not have a proximate relationship between his service-connected diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and he did not meet the criteria for needing regular aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were denied as there was no evidence of a proximate relationship between his service-connected diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and he did not demonstrate that he needed regular aid and attendance due to disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus with complications of diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, and peripheral vascular insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2004
- Citation
- 0403807
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